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June 17, 2020

Western Hemisphere Regional

• “United States Announces Nominee for Presidency of the Inter-American Development Bank Group” (U.S. Department of the Treasury, June 17, 2020).

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• Paul Kiernan, Juan Forero, “U.S. Plans to Nominate White House Official to Lead Latin America’s Main Development Bank” (The Wall Street Journal, June 17, 2020).

The U.S. plans to nominate a White House official who was an architect of tightening sanctions on Venezuela and Cuba to lead Latin America’s main development bank

Brazil

• Ricardo Brito, Lisandra Paraguassu, “Brazil Court Allows Police to Access Bolsonaro Allies’ Phone, Bank Records” (Reuters, Reuters, June 17, 2020).

Brazil’s top court on Tuesday granted police permission to inspect financial and phone records of federal lawmakers allied with President Jair Bolsonaro as part of a probe into anti-democratic rallies, a source with direct knowledge of the ruling said

Chile

• “Chile Despliega su Maquinaria Militar para la Guerra Contra la Covid-19” (EFE, Yahoo!, June 17, 2020).

Helicópteros de combate Black Hawk, aviones de transporte táctico C-130 Hércules, buques anfibios de desembarco de tropas y decenas de hospitales de campaña forman parte del contingente militar

Colombia

• Jose David Escobar, ““No Soy el General de las Farc Ni Traidor de Mis Soldados”: General (R) Luis Danilo Murcia” (El Espectador (Colombia), June 17, 2020).

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• “Senado Aprobo Ascenso de Seis Militares en Primer Debate” (Semana (Colombia), June 17, 2020).

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• “Informe de Monitoreo de Territorios Afectados por Cultivos Ilicitos en Colombia (2019)” (UN Office on Drugs and Crime, June 17, 2020).

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• Tannia Ardila, “Los Excombatientes del Pais Le Siguen Apostando a la Paz” (Semana Rural (Colombia), June 17, 2020).

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• Laura Soto, “La Violencia Tambien Desplaza Masivamente a Excombatientes de Farc” (La Silla Vacia (Colombia), June 17, 2020).

La violencia también desplaza masivamente a excombatientes de Farc

• “Kroc Institute Identifies Colombia’s Next Steps in Fourth Peace Implementation Report” (Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies , University of Notre Dame, June 17, 2020).

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• “Policia Abate en la Sierra Nevada a Alias 80, Jefe de los Pachencas” (Semana (Colombia), June 17, 2020).

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• Joshua Goodman, “Pablo Escobar’s Crime Partner Freed in Us, Goes to Berlin” (Associated Press, Associated Press, June 17, 2020).

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Cuba

• Ezra Fieser, Matthew Bristow, “Cuba Is Exporting Doctors to Make Up for Lost Tourism Revenue” (Bloomberg, June 17, 2020).

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El Salvador

• Hector Silva Avalos, “El Salvador: Unwilling to Face Up to the Past” (AULA Blog (American University), June 17, 2020).

Mexico

• Ruben Mosso, “Asesinan a Juez Que Llevaba los Casos de el Menchito y el z40” (Milenio (Mexico), June 17, 2020).

Tuvo en sus manos el caso del líder de Los Zetas, Miguel Ángel Treviño Morales, El Z-40, así como de los implicados en el homicidio del cardenal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo y de integrantes del CJNG

• Laura Jimenez, “La Comisión de Víctimas no tiene ni para pagar el teléfono” (El Universal (Mexico), June 17, 2020).

Mara Gómez reconoce que la institución es golpeada por los ajustes presupuestales y falta de capacidad del personal; trabaja en un nuevo modelo administrativo, dice

Mexico, U.S.-Mexico Border

• Sabrina Rodriguez, “U.S.-Mexico Border Closure Extended for Another Month but Could Stay Shut Much Longer” (Politico, June 17, 2020).

Both countries announced the decision on Tuesday ahead of a Monday deadline to extend, end or modify the border restrictions

Suriname

• Ank Kuipers, “Suriname’s President Loses Election, Leaves Economic Chaos” (Reuters, Reuters, June 17, 2020).

Surinamese President Desi Bouterse, a former military ruler who has dominated the country’s politics in recent decades, lost last month’s national election, the country’s electoral authority said on Tuesday after three weeks verifying the vote

U.S.-Mexico Border

• “400 Tweets. 585 Miles. $9 Billion: Trump’s Border Wall Boondoogle” (Mother Jones, June 17, 2020).

According to a Mother Jones analy­sis of government contracts, the Trump administration has so far doled out over $9 billion to build about 585 miles of wall—285 miles of replacement fencing and 300 miles of new construction

Venezuela

• Kejal Vyas, Ginette Gonzalez, “Venezuela’s Maduro Takes Over Rival Political Parties” (The Wall Street Journal, June 17, 2020).

Nicolás Maduro’s regime stripped the license of one of the country’s largest parties and handed control to a pro-government ally, the latest in a string of measures to further weaken the opposition

• Scott Smith, “Venezuela Court Orders Takeover of 2 Major Political Parties” (Associated Press, Associated Press, June 17, 2020).